A Georgia public school district has implemented the “Learn and Earn” program, a program which pays students approximately $8/hour to […]
Sol Stern writes in the City Journal that school choice is dead and we should focus on instructional reform. Basically, […]
While today’s news is mostly dominated by depression, in the form of finances, film, and the city of St. Charles […]
There is nothing on earth better than Rocky Mountain skiing in enormous amounts of fresh snow. But now that I […]
The Post-Dispatch ran a two-part article this this weekend (and this morning) on Missouri’s midwifery battle. The casual reader may […]
I wrote last month about a school district that rewards good grades with meals from McDonald’s. Now McDonald’s has ended […]
The Post-Dispatch ran a human interest piece this morning on Eric Johnson, an elementary math teacher in the St. Louis […]
A bill which would offer a sales tax exemption for energy-efficient appliances has been proposed in the General Assembly. The […]
Edudiva discovers compensating wage differentials: I wondered if the maximum salary was tied to the median income level of the […]
We’ve seen that cruel people can use the Internet to harass others. It turns out that stupid people even use […]
This morning, the Missouri Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Arnold v. Tourkakis, an eminent domain case that’s […]
Our own policy analyst and Show-Me Daily blogger extraordinaire Justin Hauke had a letter to the editor published in today’s […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met yesterday for the second inning of its finger-pointing, denial-giving, not-talking-about-the-past examination […]
When Homer Tourkakis set up his dentistry practice 20 years ago in Arnold, Mo., he never dreamed that the city […]
During the five years between December 2002 and November 2007, dozens of cities acting without a constitutional charter used […]
The New York Times ran an op-ed in yesterday’s edition describing the negative effects of increasingly earlier start times for […]
I see on the Ethical Society’s website that they just had a program presented by Free the Midwives and showed […]
Today, the Show-Me Institute released a new policy study, "The Fiscal Effects of a Tuition Tax Credit Program in Missouri," […]
I wrote last week about St. Charles’ proposed ban on "indecent, profane, or obscene language, song[s], entertainment, literature, or advertising." […]
Here’s an interesting twist in the Megan Meier case. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles might charge the people who allegedly […]
